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EXCITING OPPORTUNITY: Senior SDET at Leighton I joined Leighton just 3 months ago, and I've been completely blown away by the support I've received both from the Leighton team and our clients. Now we're looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) for another client!What you'll bring:* Deep expertise in mobile testing with Appium* Strong Maven experience for build & dependency management* Java programming skills for robust test automation* Rest Assured proficiency for API testing across microservices* Leadership ability to drive solutions in a collaborative environmentIf you're passionate about quality and looking to make an impact in a dynamic team, this could be your next career move! DM me if you are interested or have any questions :)Link to the JD: https://leighton.talosats-careers.com/job/705701Location - Remote, UK

Malware Bytes are looking for peeps all over Europe - seen in another community group: Senior Software Development Engineer in Test – MacOS - Remote, Lisbon, Portugal Senior Software Development Engineer in Test – MacOS - Hybrid Remote, Tallinn, Estonia Senior Software Development Engineer in Test – Windows - Hybrid Remote, Tallinn, Estonia Senior Software Development Engineer in Test – Windows - Remote, Lisbon, Portugal Sr Software Development Engineer in Test - Hybrid Remote, Tallinn, Estonia Sr Software Development Engineer in Test - Remote, Bilbao, Spain Sr Software Development Engineer in Test - Remote, Lisbon, Portugal Sr Software Quality Engineer (MacOS) - Remote, Bilbao, Spain Sr Software Quality Engineer (MacOS) - Hybrid Remote, Tallinn, Estonia

08/05/25 MoT London Meetup. Chris Henderson delivers a talk about vulnerability and public speaking. It was great! Chris, Rosie Sherry and I met earlier to discuss how Ministry of Testing and Du...

Community call with Simon. 

"This is such a great collaboration between MOT and the awesome  members of testing community who contributed to its content.  The content of this essentials certificate will allow testers to properly learn about testing and develop solid testing skills and offers so much more than an ISTQB certificate." Source: LinkedIn.

Via the MoT Slack: QA Leaders this one’s for you. 

Used MoTaverse LinkedIn Profile banner.

"It's as creative a job as done by any journalist or by any investigator or any detective. So it needs tools. It needs techniques. It's it needs awareness of the context in which you are working." STEC Module 12 Lesson 2.  

12/09/24. TestBash Brighton. Cool to chat with Sarah and Aafke. Sarah and I first met in person at TestBash 2023, so it was great to see her again. There's always plenty of opportunity for meeti...

Can you find Bug, Cosmo the Space Duck and Space Seagull?

Thank you for being awesome

Hiring for an SDET role, shared in the MoT Slack. 

Is testing ever complete? Find out what's been happening in the testing, tech and quality engineering MoTaverse and join events to enrich your career. Read this week's MoT Weekly.

The words we use every day matter, let's tweak them!

A lively hour of AI insights, accessibility updates, and classic quality conundrums

Keen to see dedicated areas on The Club for MoT courses. 

How curiosity, humility, and empathy can shift your role from inspecting for quality to shaping a culture of quality, one interaction at a time.

Conor O'Neill's company, iPipeline, is looking for a Group Leader, Quality Management. Bromley, England.

Via Introductions Thread – Q2 2025.

Atmaram gives positive reviews of our contribution process. 

Stuart Day shares positivity for TestBash.